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16/09/2012

Yellow River Cantata

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Aled Jones explores the story behind the Yellow River Cantata.

Aled Jones explores the story behind the Yellow River Cantata, which draws on Chinese folk music and Western form. Plus details of a newly-published novel with a choral twist.

Today Aled Jones looks at the fascinating story behind the creation of the "Yellow River Cantata", which skilfully weaves Chinese folk music into a Western form. The Cantata was written in 1939 by a Chinese composer, Xian Xinghai, who had previously studied in Paris with Vincent d'Indy and Paul Dukas. On his return to China, Xian Xinghai merged choral music with Communist politics to write this homage to the Yellow River, an emblem of national pride, in order to encourage the Chinese to resist Japanese invasion. Also in the programme, details of a newly published novel with a plot that's given a choral twist.

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